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title: A Roman Beaker for Merueifa
author: James Blake Wiener
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7559/a-roman-beaker-for-merueifa/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# A Roman Beaker for Merueifa

_Authored by [James Blake Wiener](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jbw288/)_

## Image File

[![A Roman Beaker for Merueifa](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7559.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7559.jpg)

## Image Caption

A dedication is incised on the rim of this [Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) beaker made of glass: "MERVEIFA VIVAS TVIS." (Translation from Latin: "Merueifa, may you live among your own.") Beneath the inscription are naked, winged boys harvesting grapes, watched by owls and vineyard birds. This beaker was found in 1882 in a Germanic [burial](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) ground in Leverkusen-Rheindorf, Germany, and it dates from the 3rd century CE. It was probably made on commission by a Cologne workshop. However, it is unusual in its shape and with regard to the personal dedication. So far, Merueifa is the only woman and the only Germanic woman to have such a vessel dedicated to her in the Cologne area that archaeologists know of at this time. Since the elite on the right bank of the Rhine River cremated their dead, very few [grave](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) goods like this beaker have survived. (Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne)

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## About the Author

James Blake Wiener has a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of World History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswiener)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2017, November 07). A Roman Beaker for Merueifa. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7559/a-roman-beaker-for-merueifa/>
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "A Roman Beaker for Merueifa." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 07, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7559/a-roman-beaker-for-merueifa/>.
### MLA
Wiener, James Blake. "A Roman Beaker for Merueifa." *World History Encyclopedia*, 07 Nov 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7559/a-roman-beaker-for-merueifa/>.

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